Combination table and fitting-stand.



P-ATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

Y 'JL M. AGHBSON. GOMBINATI'GN TABLE AND FITTING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAB, 28, 1907.

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l UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. AOHESON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

COMBINATION TABLE AND FITTING-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. AoHEsoN, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Table and Fitting-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combination table and fitting stand, and it primarily has for its object to provide a table and stand of this character, the parts whereof are so arranged that they may be quickly adjusted to convert the apparatus into a fitting stand or into a display table, as occasion may require.

This invention is particularly designed for use in tailoring establishments and the like,

`although it is capable of various other uses such as will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains.

In its more detail nature, the invention also embodies certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of the apparatus when used as a table. Fig. 2, is a similar view showing` the position of the parts when used as a :fitting stand. Fig. 3, is a central, vertical longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. l, the parts being 'shown in dotted lines in their fitting stand position.

Referring now to the accompanying drawin s, in Which like letters and numerals of re erence indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 represents the main support which comprises the cross beams la-lb supported by the ledge 1. Hinged at 2a to the beam 1a are boards 2b which are secured to boards 2 and the boards 2 project at right angles to the boards 2b and are braced by angle braces 2O1 at each end. The boards 2b and 2 and the braces 2d form the foldable sections 2.

3 designates brackets foldably secured to the beam lb by hinges 3a or otherwise, and the brackets 3 serve to brace the sections 2 and hold them in their table forming position, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position, the boards 2b abut one another and form the main support for the boards 2, which latter boards, in this. position, form the table top.

To convert the table of i 1,into the fitting stand of Fig. 2, it is o y necessary to swing the brackets 3 down clear of the boards 2l? and swing the sections 2 on their pivots to the position shown in Fig. 2 when the boards 2 will, in conjunction with the beams l@ and 1b serve to support the boards 2b which then form the fitting stand to It is Well understood in this art that tting stands must be of a less height than display tables, for the reason that the person being measured or fitted must stand upon the stand at some elevation from the ioor, Whereas the elevation of a table top would be at too great a height. Also a fitting stand in an establishment is a mere waste of space since it is not designed to be continuously used and therefore I have designed and invented my improved form of combination table and iitting stand, which when not desired to be used as a fitting stand can be converted into a table, and vice versa.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete'construction, operation and numerous advantages of my invention will be readily understood by. those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains.

What I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, combined with a pair of sections hingedly secured thereto, said sections each comprising a pair of boards secured at right angles to one another, one of said boards of each section being hinged to said su port longitudinally, means for bracing said) sections, means for securing said sections in one position with their 4hinged boards abutting one another, said sections being arranged to be independently moved on their hinges whereby one section may be swung down While the other section remains in its table forming position, to form a fitting stand, substantially as shown and described.

2. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a pair of cross beams, legs for supporting said cross beams, a pair of sections each consisting of boards secured substanf tially at right angles to one another by means of angle braces, one of said boards for each section being pivotally secured to one ofthe cross beams, and folding braces each hinged to the other cross beam and adapted when raised to support one of said sections in an upright position.

apparatus of the class described, comprising a support consisting of a pair of cross be'ams held at substantially right angles to one another, legs upon Which said cross beams are mounted, a pair of sections each consisting of a pair of boards secured at right angles to one another, means for hingedly se curing one of the boards of each section to one of the cross beams along their longitudinal edges, and means whereby the sections may be held in raised position with the faces of their said hinged boards in contact, the remaining boards of the sections lying in the same plane to form a table, the said other cross beam being in position to support either section when in lowered position, substantially as shown and described.

4. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a support consisting of a pair of cross beams held at substantially right angles to one another, legs upon Which said cross beams are mounted, a pair of sections each consisting of a pair of boards secured at right angles to one another, means for liingedly securing one of the boards of each section to one of the cross beams along their longitudil nal edges, means whereby the sections may l l l l be held in raised position with the l aces ol' their hinged boards in Contact, the remaining boards of the sections lying in the same plane to form a table, and means whereby said holding means may be disengaged from either section to permit said section being swung on its pivot into another position with its respective boards held in planes at right angles to the planes containing such boardswhcn in their table forming position, and thereby I form a fitting stand, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES M. ACHESON. 

